I needed to hear this, maybe you do too 🖤 Thanks @devonthenatureguy “There are countless others doing their part. You do not need to hold it all…Maybe you know some other beautiful soul that needs to know they are seen, they are cared for and appreciated, and that, yes, they can-and must-rest.”

A kingbird is the only kind of king we need. Thanks to all who raised their voices last weekend 📣❤️ Credit: @seolson5 @feministbirdclub - Madison Wisconsin #Repost #wiscobirder @bipocbirdingclubofwi #morekingbirds #nokings #kingbirdsnotkings #birding #birdingisforeveryone

Trilliumaires unite ✌️ Credit: Anna Brones linktr.ee/annabrones

As a follow up to my previous firefly post, I just published a more in-depth primer on how to help fireflies at home. ✨

Here we goooooo!

Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries. We need Americans like you to take action today! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Urban trees, even small ones, can reduce water run off by 25%!

🧪🧬 Let your curiosity take flight at the 13th annual MSU Science Festival 🎉 this April with over 200 FREE community events! Visit our website to preview this year's exciting lineup of free programs across the state. View the Schedule of Events: sciencefestival.msu.edu/Event/Schedule

One of my favourite recent examples of community science: Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was! It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪

It’s time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries 🫶 action.everylibrary.org/emailreps

Here’s a beautiful sunrise for anyone that slept through the amazing lunar eclipse last night like I did 😂😴🌅 I see you. Maybe I won’t be as tired when it happens again in 2048 🫠 #lunareclipsefail #sunrise

The 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report is here! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology worked with partners to summarize the latest science on birds to ensure the long-term health of birds in the places where you live. #StateOfTheBirds www.stateofthebirds.org

TODAY (March 12th) is the last day to make your voice heard 📣📣📣 Learn more via @monarchjv.bsky.social monarchjointventure.org/blog/usfws-s... #usfws #monarchbutterfly #esalisting

It is a serious thing- just to be alive- on this fresh morning- in this broken world. ~Mary Oliver

Televangelist Pat Robertson once said "I think having a woman president would be a terrible mistake. Women are too emotional to handle high office." Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."

“Somebody has to believe in the saving of things” 🩷🪱 #bradmontague

“Conk-La-reee!” Hello, Spring!

TONIGHT! Dont miss this great learning opportunity with @mich-natives.bsky.social 🌿 No need to sign-up, just walk in. Admission includes a packet of native seeds! #nativeplants #growinghope

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social

🎉 Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa in the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset! To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍 www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918

"As the winter thaws, a new life begins to pulse beneath the earth, a promise of spring's vibrant rebirth." -unknown "Thaw" (2024) ©Andrea Kowch

You never know where your passions will lead you 🐝 📷 #communityscience #conservation Grateful for your beautiful important work, my friend!

87-year-old powerhouse Jane Fonda receives a Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild Award—and gives a profound, passionate speech. About the political landscape we are living though right now: ‘This is Our documentary moment.’ Find it. Watch it.

Never.

Times are bleak, it’s true. But people are still out here doing incredible work now, when it matters most. Activists in KY bought land slated for a new prison, and will now fill it with native plants and use it as an intertribal gathering location. 🌱🌎🧪🌿

I got an email this morning from a couple named Eric and Joanna Reuter who found a snake in their basement. They used one of my comics to help determine that it was a North American Racer and not a more common ratsnake. The photos are so, so cute

The Great Backyard Bird Count may have ended, but you can still help scientists year-round by reporting the birds you see 🐦 Learn more and get involved: www.birds.cornell.edu/home/participatory-science-be-part-of-something-bigger @cornellbirds.bsky.social #communityscience

One of the most common questions we get about birds is, How can I help them? In 2019, a major study found North America has lost 3 billion breeding birds since 1970—so they need our help! Here are 7 simple actions you can take: www.birds.cornell.edu/home/seven-s... #Birding #BirdLoss #BringBirdsBack

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for the win! 😂💘 Happy Valentine’s Day and first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count! Show some bird love and get involved at birdcount.org #GBBC25 #valentine #birdconservancyoftherockies

Don't forget to include the younger birding enthusiasts during The Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend! Listen to the enthusiasm of young birders shared on NPR today: www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n... #GBBC #YoungBirders #BirdWatching

Trump won’t let the team working on National Nature Assessment publish their report. Researchers are planning to publish it anyway and we should all commit to getting it out there when they do.

This is now a print in my store: topatoco.com/collections/...

🌿 Wild Ones is proud to partner with Quiet Communities in their mission to create healthier, more peaceful spaces! 🌎✨ Want to help spread the word? Learn more here: 🔗 www.quietcommunities.org/crave-quiet

😎 #loveyourlibrary @milibraries.bsky.social

Happy International Women & Girls in Science Day 2025 #WomenInScience #womeninSTEM #IDWGS

Don’t forget to look up 🌝✨

🌿 Calling All Businesses! Make an Impact with Wild Ones! 🌿 By sponsoring Wild Ones, your business will help fund Seeds for Education grants, expert-led webinars, free native garden designs, and more. 👉 Learn more: wildones.org/sponsor

Community Science: It’s almost time for the @cornellbirds.bsky.social Great Backyard Bird Count 🐦🎉 We’ll be celebrating at the @thegppl.bsky.social Ewald Branch this Saturday 2/15 at 10am ~ All ages are welcome! Please register on the library calendar. #communityhub #citizenscience #gbbc25

A mountain sacred to the Maori people has been granted personhood under the laws of New Zealand. apnews.com/article/moun...

Yes, they do 😆 What a sweet collaboration! #naturejournaling

Happy Superb Owl Sunday 🦉🎶 #weirdowl #superb

So creative! The Eryngium yuccifolium one though 🤩 #winterseedsowing @wildonesnatives.bsky.social #wowc #plantnativeplants #growhope

Join the Bumble Bee Atlas online for a celebration and recap of the 2024 field season! We'll discuss the achievements of our community scientists, how Atlas data is used to support bumble bee conservation, and goals for 2025. To register, visit bumblebeeatlas.org/pages/events

Practicing creating, not just consuming. Thanks to @jarodkanderson.bsky.social ‘s beautiful work in “Field Guide to the Haunted Forest”. (bookshop.org/p/books/fiel... )

More hope and #positivity 📣 Check out this great learning opportunity with my friends @mich-natives.bsky.social You’ll also leave with a packet of native seeds 🌸 #plantnative #planthope

It’s 6pm and it’s still light outside ☀️ #positivitythread

Embracing awe as a tool to become more present… An excerpt of my exchange with Caroline Paul, a bestselling author, former firefighter, and outdoor enthusiast. Episode 861. ✌🏼🌱 - Rich

I like projects that create knowledge and put it where anyone can have it, these days. iNaturalist. Merlin and the Cornell lab behind it. The whole Wikipedia outfit. Idk it just seems nice to directly and unapologetically document and detail what happens in the world. 🌿💚

Greeting you on Bluesky with this reminder They are living, thinking, feeling beings And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs. One love

Spreading hope today with Wild Ones Wayne County at Belle Isle Nature Center’s “Shiver on the River” event 🌱 We talked about Winter seed sowing and everyone left with a free packet of native seeds to try out the technique at home. @wildonesnatives.bsky.social #plantnativeplanthope